Be generous with kindly words, especially about those who are absent.

Be generous with kindly words, especially about those who are absent.

Wise sayings often fall on barren ground; but a kind word is never thrown away.

Wise sayings often fall on barren ground; but a kind word is never thrown away.

I have learnt silence from the talkative, toleration from the intolerant, and kindness from the unkind; yet strange, I am read more

I have learnt silence from the talkative, toleration from the intolerant, and kindness from the unkind; yet strange, I am ungrateful to these teachers.

Rich gifts wax poor when givers prove unkind.

Rich gifts wax poor when givers prove unkind.

Knowledge, without common sense," says Lee, is "folly; without method, it is waste; without kindness, it is fanaticism; without religion, read more

Knowledge, without common sense," says Lee, is "folly; without method, it is waste; without kindness, it is fanaticism; without religion, it is death." But with common sense, it is wisdom with method, it is power; with clarity, it is beneficence; with religion, it is virtue, and life, and peace.

A little more than kin, and less than kind!

A little more than kin, and less than kind!

If you were arrested for kindness, would there be enough evidence to convict you? -Unknown.

If you were arrested for kindness, would there be enough evidence to convict you? -Unknown.

It is kindness immediately to refuse what you intend to deny.
[Lat., Pars beneficii est, quod petitur, si cito read more

It is kindness immediately to refuse what you intend to deny.
[Lat., Pars beneficii est, quod petitur, si cito neges.]

It is one of the beautiful compensations of life that no man can sincerely try to be kind to another, read more

It is one of the beautiful compensations of life that no man can sincerely try to be kind to another, without helping himself.